President announces plan to build ‘Trump Promenade’ at Lincoln Memorial
Minister Donald Trump plans to build a promenade behind it. Lincoln MemorialHe announced it at a White House event on June 4.
“They want to call it the Trump Promenade, but I don’t know if I want to do that, but it’ll be beautiful,” Trump said.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that the promenade will connect the rear of the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River and that the promenade is part of the park. McMillian PlanEarly 20th century plan for the National Mall.
He added that the proposed promenade’s pedestrian bridge would take visitors “straight to the water.”
President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on coal in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2026.
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“There is no pedestrian access right now,” Burgum said. “People come from all over the world and they don’t know there’s the beautiful Potomac River 100 yards away.”
The announced promenade is the latest in a series of construction projects initiated by Trump, an effort that is reshaping the face of the nation’s capital.
During the event, he unveiled his proposed 250-foot arch in the Memorial Avenue Corridor, which sparked lawsuits and public outcry.
“This is a bow that is a real bow, a beautiful bow for your army and soldier. military victoriesTrump said of the belt: “No one has had more military victories than this one.” included recentlythan what we have.”
He also demolished the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom complex.
Congress has not authorized construction of a memorial arch on federal land managed by the National Park Service, which Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, said was the first step required by law before the government could proceed with construction. Trump also did not seek approval from Congress to begin ballroom construction; This situation is being discussed in the courts.
Contributor: Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY
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